Distributing-machine.



No. 68!,80I. I Patented Sept. 3 l90l. a. w. LOVEJOY.

DISTRIBUTING MACHINE.

(Application filed Apr. 80, 1901'.)

(No Model.)

UNTTED STATES PATENT QEETCE.

GEORGE WVALTER LOVEJOY, OF TEI-IAOHAII, CALIFORNIA.

DISTRIBUTING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 681,801, datedSeptember 3, 1901. Application filed April 30, 1901. Serial No. 5 8,226.N model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WALTER LovE- JOY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Tehachapi, in the county of Kern and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Distributing-Machine forDistributing Pulp after It Leaves the Apron of a Battery Direct to theCyanid-Tank for Leaching, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a vertical revolving shaft held in a frame overthe center of the top of a tank carrying an inverted-c0neshapedcenter,with different sizes of pi pes,also of different lengths, fast onthe hub of center. These pipes have holes near their outer ends. Overthe ends of these pipes is a sleeve with corresponding holes held by athumbscrew to regulate the flow of water and pulp from the battery. Bythese pipes I distribute pulp in tanks. I attain these objects by themechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which the figureis a vertical section of the entire machine.

Frame 0 is fastened to the top of tank. On the bottom of frame 0 isbearing A in center of top of tank, with oil-chamber for oiling bearingA. Sand-cap O is held on shaft B by nut N. IVhen shaft B is in place, Nis screwed down over bearing A. The top of shaft B is held in place byscrew F, which has a center point on the lower end. This passes throughnut H, which is held in place on cap of frame 0 over A. Screw F passesthrough an oil-chamber counterbored on top of shaft B and engages shaftB at bottom of oil-chamber. Near the center of shaft B distributer D isheld in place by nuts N None at top and one at the bottom. The lowerpart of D carries pipes Y, screwed in the outside of hub. These pipeshave holes near their outer ends, with a sleeve or slide over themcharge. The number of holes in these pipes is governed by the diameterof tanks they are used on. Near the top of D is a row of buckets on theinside, which are divided around the entire circle fastened to D. Thesebuckets are L-shaped and engage the water and pulp discharged from thebattery through pipe E and give the power that drives the distributor.Pipe E has about contracted nozzle and bell-shaped top and is held inplace on frame 0.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination in a distributing-machine held in a frame; of arevolving vertical shaft; an inverted-cone-shaped distributer havingpipes thereon with holes near their outer ends and means to regulate theflow of pulp through these holes.

2. In combination an inverted-cone-shaped distributer having bucketsaround its inner circumference near the top, a discharge-pipe E, saiddistributer held on a vertical shaft with means for carrying oil, and asand-cap on lower end of shaft B all running on two centers and held ina frame over top of tank, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE IVALTER LOVEJOY. lVitnesses:

CHAS. VENTURA BARNARD,

DAVID SIMPSON CLARK.

with corresponding holes to regulate the dis-

